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NewsBFI opens new £12m archive facility as part of Screen Heritage UK
The BFI has opened a new Master Film Store at Gaydon in Warwickshire as part of its £22.8m Screen Heritage UK (SHUK) programme, funded by the DCMS.
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Head Over Heels, The Cake among winners at Miami’s Brazilian Film Festival
The 15th annual Brazilian Film Festival held in Miami’s Art Deco Colony Theatre has come to an end. The festival ran from Aug 19-27 and included features and shorts vying for Crystal Lens Awards in a variety of categories.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar named AFI FEST guest director
The feted filmmaker, whose latest work The Skin I Live In is likely to figure in the upcoming awards season, will present a screening of his 1986 film Law Of Desire and curate a sidebar of films that have inspired his work.
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Juliette Lewis signs on to Blood Or Water
The LevelK/Synchronicity Films joint venture continues apace with the arrival of the US star on Justin Molotnikov’s upcoming feature.
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NewsSmurfs surge past $250m at international box office
In a tight weekend outside North America Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) The Smurfs clung on to supremacy with an estimated $25.5m haul from 8,418 screens in 55 markets to propel the running total to a confirmed $256.9m.
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CMG, producer Chad A Verdi team up on Loosies
Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills–based sales company Cinema Management Group will commence talks with buyers in Toronto on Michael Corrente’s Manhattan-set romantic thriller which IFC will release in North America.
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NewsThe Help weathers storm to rule North America on $14m
Domestic box office took a battering from Hurricane Irene as audiences on the storm-lashed East Coast hunkered down, allowing The Help to consolidate its grip and surge towards $100m as reports claimed box office dropped by more than 23% compared to the same session in 2010.
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SF Film Society executive director Graham Leggat dies at 51
Leggat, who died on Aug 25 following an 18-month battle with cancer, was a widely admired and beloved figure who transformed the Society.
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NewsYouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.
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NewsRome to open with Luc Besson’s Aung San Suu Kyi biopic The Lady
Besson to present the premiere with stars Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis.
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M-Appeal picks up Venice Orizzonti title Verano
German sales agent M-Appeal picks up José Luis Torres Leiva’s drama
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NewsTroll Hunter producer's next among buzz films at Haugesund festival
The Help, Oslo, August 31st among winners at last night’s Norwegian Internationall Film Festival awards ceremony
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NewsThis week's hot projects on Screenbase
Principal photography started this week on UK productions The Wedding Video and The Power, as well as Italian sequel Immaturi - Il Viaggio
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NewsHopscotch plans features from Stuart Beattie, Robert Luketic
At a packed AIMC, Troy Lum says Hopscoth’s new production arm could have four films shooting within the next year.
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NewsChinese productions shooting in France in last 12 months up tenfold
Sino productions shooting in France over last year include Jackie Chan’s upcoming adventure thriller Chinese Zodiac and box office hit Eternal Moment (Jiang Ai).
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NewsFilmNation hires Paul Solet to direct The Faces
FilmNation Entertainment and Sonny Mallhi are producing the story of newlyweds who escape a brutal kidnapping and unwittingly fall into the clutches of a shadowy group that uses terror as a means of entertainment.
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Bath Spa University launches filmmaking MA
UK university launches practical filmmaking course aimed at directors, producers, DOPs, editors
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NewsSmurfs, Cowboys, Apes vie for international supremacy
Sony’s The Smurfs stood at more than $211m as of last weekend and face an international showdown with Cowboys & Aliens heading into the new session.
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NewsOlivia Wilde gets taste for Occupant’s Chemistry
The star of Cowboys & Aliens and Tron: Legacy is understood to have joined Sam Rockwell and Michelle Monaghan on the darkly comedic Better Living Through Chemistry, set to shoot this autumn in Maryland.
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Miramax hires Adrienne Gary as svp organisational strategy and admin
The third announced hire in a week sees the “human capital executive” come aboard to oversee all recruiting, organisational structure, global HR and corporate administration.